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West Is Best — How Westvleteren 12 Accidentally Became “The Best Beer In The World”

A Story of Beer, Buzz, and Belief

28/11/2024 25 min read

Westvleteren 12: How did a strong dark ale from a tiny monastery brewery in North West Belgium become the world’s most sought-after beer?

10,000 Human Decisions — On Mariage Parfait Oude Geuze, Frank Boon, and Belgian Lambic Culture

How One Blend—And One Man—Helped Define Modern Lambic

29/05/2024 40 min read

Mariage Parfait Oude Geuze from Belgian brewery Brouwerij Boon is a beer that speaks to the legacy—and evolution—of Belgium’s Lambic culture.

This Is Senne’s Valley — On Gueuze Blendery Het Boerenerf of Huizingen, Belgium

Senne Eylenbosch’s Obsession With "Deserving His Own Plums" in the World of Lambic

16/02/2024 25 min read

Through blendery Het Boerenerf, Senne Eylenbosch saved his farm, discovered his identity, and continued his family’s storied Lambic heritage.

Jungle Cruise — How Brasserie La Jungle Lost Themselves, and Found Something New

Brewing English Bitters, Fruit Sauvage, and Table Beers in Brussels

08/11/2023 25 min read

When you travel the Belgian coast by tram—the world’s longest single tram line—what sort of food and drink culture will you experience?

Flavour Track — A Culinary Crawl On Belgium’s Coastal Tram

Exploring Food and Drink Culture Along the World’s Longest Single Tram Line

13/09/2023 60 min read

When you travel the Belgian coast by tram—the world’s longest single tram line—what sort of food and drink culture will you experience?

Border Hopping at Baarle’s Brouwerij De Dochter van de Korenaar

How Brewer Ronald Mengerink Pushes the Boundaries of Belgian Beer

15/12/2022 29 min read

How did Ronald Mengerink push the boundaries of beer with De Dochter van de Korenaar in the cartographically strange village of Baarle?

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The Tour Guide

Humans of Belgian Beer

13/12/2023 3 min read

The Heir

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26/09/2023 3 min read

The Writer

Humans of Belgian Beer

14/06/2023 4 min read

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23/03/2023 3 min read

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22/11/2022 3 min read

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The Animal Kingdom of Belgian Beer

What can animals used in beer branding tell us about life in Belgium?

04/11/2020 15 min read

Just what do animals on bottles of beer tell us about the history of the region in which those beers are produced? And what do they say about the personalities of the people that produce them?

The Shared Strangeness of Belgian Architecture and Belgian Beer

Are Belgium’s diverse and quirky buildings a metaphor for its beer?

07/10/2020 12 min read

The Belgian architect Renaat Braem wrote a book called "Belgium, the Ugliest Country in the World". What does this say about the country's beers?

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12 Belgian Beers that Defined the Decade

Which modern beers created between 2010 and 2020 changed Belgian beer forever?

21/12/2020 23 min read

Beer Festival Belgium | 30 Belgian Beer Festivals Worth The Trip

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37 Belgian Beers Not to Miss | Recommended by Beer Experts

04/05/2015 35 min read

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04/02/2015 11 min read

WAR CHEST

War's legacy on beer in Belgium

A Sketchbook of Hops and War

How Poperinge’s Hop Farms Survived The Great War

02/01/2022 15 min read

The First World War had a devastating impact on the Westhoek. But what impact did it have on the growing of the country's hops?

Brouwerij Cnudde: Of The People, By The People, And For The People

How Oud Bruin Bonded A Belgian Community

20/06/2021 22 min read

Brouwerij Cnudde are a brewery of the people, by the people, and for the people. How did their Oud Bruin bond a Belgian community in Eine?

The Duvel’s in the Detail

How a Belgian Golden Strong Ale Became So Iconic

29/03/2021 25 min read

How exactly has Duvel Moortgat's Belgian Golden Strong Ale, Duvel become one of the most iconic beers in Belgium?

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COMMON PLACE

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A Place in Blossom

On Beer and Brewing in Belgium’s Haspengouw Region

15/07/2021 22 min read

The Haspengouw has been described as a “beer wasteland”. But there has been plenty of activity in the beer scene here in recent years.

Antidoot Wilde Fermenten and the Cure for Modern Society

How Two Belgian Brothers Let Things Get Out Of Control

22/03/2021 20 min read

What would happen when a philosopher based in the city of Leuven moved to a farm in Belgium's Hageland to start a wild brewery?

Het Anker and its Anchorman

One Man’s Struggle for Fairness, Heritage, and Pride in the City of Mechelen

27/01/2021 18 min read

How did Charles Leclef turn around the fortunes of a brewery on the verge of bankruptcy and reinforce his commitment to the city of Mechelen?

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Inside Belgian cuisine

French Fries or Belgian Fries?

The Battle for the Thinly-Cut Deep-Fried Potato

18/08/2022 14 min read

How does Belgium’s relationship with fries differ to other countries and why do they claim cultural ownership of these cut, fried potatoes?

The Long Reign of Belgian Mayonnaise

How Belgium Crowned The King of Sauce

09/02/2022 16 min read

Few nations have taken mayonnaise to their hearts like Belgium. But with recent challenges, can they preserve Belgian mayonnaise heritage?

Inside the Mattentaart

The Fate of One Belgian Town And Its Famous Little Cake

31/08/2021 23 min read

Mattentaart is a small, sweet cake made from a filling of curdled milk, eggs and sugar, and encased in a golden yellow puff pastry exterior.

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